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Lagos -
A large crowd jostled and cheered in the poor district of Alimosho in Nigeria's megacity Lagos as the doors of a lorry swung open to reveal hundreds of sacks of food.
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Abuja -
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered the "cessation of all movements" for two weeks in the largest city Lagos and capital Abuja to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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Kano -
At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by jihadist fighters in the restive northeast, military and security sources said on Tuesday.
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Lagos -
A gas explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Sunday killed at least 15 people, injured many more and destroyed around 50 buildings, emergency services said.Houses, lorries, cars and motorbikes were torched in the blast.
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An outspoken ruler mired in conflicts is ousted without warning from his palace and banished under armed guard into an uncertain exile beyond the borders of his realm.
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Lagos -
Residents of Nigeria's economic hub Lagos scrambled for hygiene products Friday, after the chaotic megacity of 20 million announced the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Lagos -
Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Geneva -
Almost 8,000 people have fled into Nigeria from Cameroon in the past two weeks to escape clashes between the security forces and armed separatists, the UN refugee agency said Thursday.
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Maiduguri -
Jihadists killed at least 30 people and abducted women and children in a raid in northeast Nigeria's restive Borno state, a regional government spokesman said on Monday.
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Lagos -
Even before a sudden controversial ban on motorcycle taxis and tricycles in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, crippling traffic jams were a daily ordeal for its more than 20 million inhabitants.
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Washington -
The United States and Nigeria voiced hope Tuesday that the Trump administration would soon lift onerous visa restrictions slapped on Africa's most populous country, which said it was "blindsided" by its ally.
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Washington -
Nigeria is set to receive around $308 million seized from former military dictator Sani Abacha under a deal backed by the United States and the island of Jersey, US prosecutors said Monday.
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Washington -
US President Donald Trump has imposed immigration restrictions on people from six more countries, triggering claims from rights groups that he is expanding a controversial policy dubbed the “Muslim ban."
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Maiduguri -
The bus driver sensed straight away that he and his six passengers were in trouble when the gunmen, dressed in Nigerian army uniforms, stopped their vehicle at a checkpoint.
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Lagos -
Four Chinese sailors who were kidnapped last month in the port of Libreville, the capital of Gabon, have been released, the Chinese consulate in Lagos said.
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Anka -
Haruna Hasaman knew she only had moments to get away when the roar of motorbikes ruptured the quiet of her village in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria.She scrambled for her five children and fled just as the gunmen screeched in and opened fire.
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Kano -
Three soldiers have been killed in intense fighting between Nigeria's army and jihadists over a key northeastern garrison town, a security source said Wednesday.
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Abuja -
Nigeria's former national defence advisor, who was arrested in 2015 for allegedly stealing $2 billion, has been freed from jail after several court rulings ordering his release, a security official said Wednesday.
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Washington -
The United States on Friday lifted fast-changing Sudan from a blacklist for religious freedom violations as it issued warnings to Nigeria, Cuba and Nicaragua.
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Port Harcourt -
"They forced their way in at around 2am. They raped us. And when they left, they stole our phones and money.
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Abuja -
Early each morning, a crowd gathers outside Ahmad Isah's radio studio in Nigeria's capital Abuja hoping to share their problems over the airwaves.
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Lagos -
John Eromosele records the coordinates of a bustling canal on his smartphone from aboard a dug-out canoe navigating the floating slum of Makoko in Nigerian megacity Lagos.
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Maiduguri -
Nigeria's army on Wednesday released nearly 1,000 detainees, some of whom had been held for years, after clearing them of having links to the Boko Haram jihadist group.
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Lagos -
The day his wife walked out 10 years ago, Nigerian musician Jagunlabi started taking drugs to make the shadows go away.The drugs came to stay.
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Kano -
At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and nine severely injured in an ambush by jihadists in restive northeast Nigeria, military sources said Thursday.
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Lyon -
Twenty-four alleged members of a trafficking ring accused of forcing Nigerian women into prostitution in France went on trial Wednesday, in the latest case to highlight the increasing use of migrants as sex slaves in Europe.
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Lagos -
Police in southwest Nigeria have rescued 259 "hostages" from another Islamic correctional centre, police said Tuesday, in the latest raid on religious institutes accused of abuse.
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Lagos -
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed a measure to change the country's agreements with multinational oil companies to significantly increase the share of offshore oil revenue it takes.
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Benin City -
Deep in the tropical forest in southern Nigeria, an evangelical pastor runs a sprawling camp billed as a refuge for thousands of children who fled the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency in the north.
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday began a visit to South Africa with a call to beef up protection of foreign nationals, weeks after xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg stirred tension between Africa's leading economies.
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A downtown photo of Jos, the Plateau State capital, north central Nigeria www.en.wikipedia.org
Nigeria's Super Eagles celeberating the AFCON victory in South Africa. Photo: Screen grab from Super Sports
Niger Delta militants with hostages International Relations and Security Network
NAIJ.com tweeted: OPINION: Flood gates are opened as Lagos is submerged. NAIJ.com
Mubarak Bala, a Nigerian man has been incarcerated in a mental health institution by his family after saying he had lost his belief in God. Secular Talk
File photo: Soccer team in action. Andrea Wanderer
Patrick Sawyer, an official with the Liberian Ministry of Finance, died on Friday. Wash-Liberia.org
File photo: Crash site from Lagos, Nigeria where an aircraft accident has left 153 passengers dead and 40 others on the ground. There were no plane survivors. pan-african news wire - flicker
A fun spot in Lagos on the eve of the New Year.
The River Benue looking south east from Jimeta/Yola, Nigeria. Amjaca
A Nigerian at the cybercafe
Newspapers on display at a stand in Lagos, Nigeria.
Abuja National Mosque, Nigeria Shiraz Chakera
Akobo Service Unit: "Pay Your Bills Here"
Map of Bauchi, Nigeria Screen Capture
The items on display are salt, pepper, local spices, melon seeds, toilet soap and detergents
Assistant Inspector General of Police in Nigeria, Azubuko Udah in charge of Lagos and Ogun States.
Books of some Nigerian writers
"I took to taking long walks in the evenings, as far as I could from my house. I was shocked at what I saw. Ibadan had become a ghost town."
National Health Sector Coalition retreat at Obudu December 1st -4th, 2011 Mountain Resort Nigeria to build stakeholder consensus for the National Health Bill 2011 led by an NGO in Nigeria called the Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) Dr. Ohanyido is in white caftan.
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